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Thread #124081   Message #2741586
Posted By: Declan
08-Oct-09 - 07:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tommy Teirnan - raving racist or what?
Subject: RE: BS: Tommy Teirnan - raving racist or what?
Tommy Tiernan has denied that he is anti semetic - well he's hardly anti-Mexican is he?

He claims his comments have been taken out of context, So what exactly is the context in which remarks about the mass murder of 6 million fellow human beings on the basis of their ethnic origins could be considered as funny?

I just don't get this humour - his remarks are offensive, and not just to Jewish people but to any thinking person anywhere.

Almost every racist remark I have ever heard has been prefaced by a phrase like "I'm not a rascist but.."

I consider myself to have a broad sense of humour, but there are limits beyond which things cease to be funny and Tommy has definitely crossed the line with this stuff, in my opinion.